Spark, Dame Muriel Syllabification: (Spark, Dame Muriel)Pronunciation: /spärk/Definition of Spark, Dame Muriel (1918–2006), Scottish novelist. Notable works: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961), The Mandelbaum Gate (1965), and Symposium (1990). Spark, Dame Muriel in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Spark, Dame Muriel in the British & World English dictionary